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Ivana Milicevic (pronounced Ee-vah-nah Mee-lee-cheh-veech) was born on April 26, 1974, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of Yugoslavia at the time), into a Croat family. She is the daughter of Tonka and Damir Milicevic, and has a younger brother, Tomo. The family emigrated to the United States, and young Ivana was raised in Michigan. She attended Athens High school in Troy, Michigan, and worked as a model during her school years. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

In 1992, Milicevic graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career. She was a struggling stand-up comedienne, trying to win over crowds with her stories of the modeling business. In 1996, she made her film debut under the name Ivana Marina with a one-line role as a former girlfriend of Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996). In 1997, she followed up with a guest role on NBC's Seinfeld (1989) and made guest appearances on several other television shows, including Royal Pains (2009) and playing the love interest of John Casey on Chuck (2007). She played bit parts in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Love Actually (2003), among her many other cameo appearances. Milicevic capitalized on her experience as a comedienne in a supporting role as Russian model Roxana Milla Slasnikova in the romantic comedy Head Over Heels (2001). She appeared as a lookalike of Uma Thurman's character opposite Ben Affleck, trying to fool him into thinking she is Uma's character, in Paycheck (2003). In a departure from her one-dimensional roles, Milicevic showed her dramatic talent in a supporting role as Milla Yugorsky in a dark and gritty drama Running Scared (2006). In 2006, she started a recurring role on the CBS TV series Love Monkey (2006).

In 2006, Milicevic made a big step forward in her career appearing as Valenka, one of three Bond girls in Casino Royale (2006), for which she did most of her scenes on locations in Prague and in London. She resides in Los Angeles, California.

Fedja Stukan was born in 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for A Perfect Day (2015), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and The Command (2018).

A Serbian film director. Born in 1954 in Sarajevo. Graduated in film directing at the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague in 1978. During his studies, he was awarded several times for his short movies including Guernica (1978), which took first prize at the Student's Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. After graduation, he directed several TV movies in his hometown, Sarajevo. In collaboration with the screenwriter Abdulah Sidran in 1981, he made the successful feature debut Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) which won the Silver Lion for best first feature at the Venice Film Festival. Their subsequent work, human political drama When Father Was Away on Business (1985) unanimously won top prize at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival as well as FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar. In 1989 he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies (1988), a film about the life of a gypsy family in Yugoslavia scripted by Gordan Mihic. His first English language movie, Arizona Dream (1993) starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway and scripted by his USA student, David Atkins was awarded the Silver Bear at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival. Underground (1995), a bitter surrealistic comedy about the Balkans, scripted by Dusan Kovacevic, won him a second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.

Dino Bajrovic born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, where he performed and graduated on the Academy of Performing Arts in a class of 2020. His first appearance as a lead role (Alem) was in a short movie Precious which won The best student movie award on Sarajevo Film Festival in 2018. After that, on a forth year of his studies, he got his first lead role in a feature movie (Arman) The Son (director Ines Tanovic) which opened 25th Sarajevo Film Festival in 2019. Up until now, his last movie was Quo vadis, Aida? where he performed supporting lead. Quo vadis, Aida? won prestigious awards, among other things- Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival 2020) and now it is nominated for the Oscar award 2021 for The best International Feature Film. At the moment, Dino is working as a theatre performer in National Theatre in Sarajevo.

Goran Kostic was born on 18 November 1971 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Taken (2008).

Dino Kelly was born on 29 September 1989 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is an actor, known for Peaky Blinders (2013), Alexander: The Making of a God (2024) and Sweetpea (2024).

Sergej Trifunovic was born on 2 September 1972 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for A Serbian Film (2010), Next (2007) and War, Inc. (2008).

Lidija Kordic was born on 5 October 1995 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lidija is an actor, known for Mocvara (2020), Working Class Goes to Hell (2023) and Atatürk 1881-1919.

Muhamed Hadzovic was born on 16 July 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Mocvara (2020), Gidseltagningen (2017) and Pecat (2008).

Miraj Grbic is a Bosnian American actor known for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Miraj was 15 years old when he started playing the guitar and started the interest for art and acting. After the war in Bosnia ended, he entered the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo and while still a student he started getting roles in the National Theatre Sarajevo as well as in films. His first move role was the Tunnel where he starred as a lead in 1998. He earned his MA degree in Acting and continued working in Theatre, Film and TV. He starred in more than 30 Feature Films, numerous TV Shows and since 1998 in more than 60 Theater titles on the main stage of National Theatre Sarajevo, in the plays of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Moliere, Camus etc. He acted in US, German, Austrian, Turkish, Irish, Australian, Croatian and Bosnian productions. He married the actress Mara Omaljev in 2008. and they both moved to Los Angeles, California in 2013. Miraj is a Tae Kwon Do black belt and continues practicing mixed martial arts as a hobby. He was a lead singer of a band Karne, a band made out of actors, artists, writers and doctors. They had their debut album in 2012. named Diktatura Amatera (The Dictatorship of the Amateurs). Miraj is environmentally conscious and is a vegan.

Andreja Pejic was born on 28 August 1991 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), Habit (2021) and The Other Me (2022).

Dragomir Mrsic was born on 2 October 1969 in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Easy Money (2010) and Crossing Lines (2013).

Velibor Topic was born in 1970 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Outside the Wire (2021).

Amila Terzimehic was born on 18 April 1988 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Klan (2020) and Vivegam (2017).

Edin Hasanovic was born on 2 April 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Shifting the Blame (2012) and Familie Braun (2016).

Bekim Fehmiu was born on 1 June 1936 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Adventurers (1970), I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) and Protest (1967). He was married to Branka Petric. He died on 15 June 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia.

He is married to Slovenian actress and singer Tanja Ribic. He has two Daughters, Zala and Ela. From a previous marriage he has a son Filip. He Lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He also has a band Bombaj Stampa. He has Also received several awards including Best Actor - Valencia Film Festiva, Best Actor - Terra di Siena, Best Actor - Bar International Festival and he was also nominated for the best European film actor 2001.

Danis Tanovic was born on 20 February 1969 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for No Man's Land (2001), An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) and Cirkus Columbia (2010).

Maya Berovic (born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian born Serbian singer. Maja was born in the village of Malesici, part of the Ilijas municipality near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Serbian parents. She lost her father when she was three years old. Berovic family lived in Malesici until the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, alongside her mother and older brother; Maja relocated to Bratunac where her mother is originally from.

In Bratunac, she attended school and first began practicing music. From age 12 she used to sing in local discotheques every weekend until she turned 18.

Still a teenager, Maya was signed to the Belgrade-based record label Grand Production and released her debut studio album "Zivot uzivo" in August 2007, achieving initial success with the song "Dzin i limunada" (Gin and Lemonade).

She has acquired enormous popularity since of 2014, becoming one of the leading regional performers, mainly due to her collaboration with Bosnian rappers Jala Brat and Buba Corelli.

Igor Borojevic was born on 11 April 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), Kad Ponovo Umrem and Klan (2020).

Zijah Graca was born on 18 February 1982 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for Modern Folklore, Trap House and L2: Empuraan (2025).

Nebojsa Glogovac was born on 30 August 1969 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and producer, known for South Wind (2018), Huddersfield (2007) and Sky Hook (2000). He was married to Milica Scepanovic and Mina Glogovac. He died on 9 February 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Tihomir Stanic was born on 17 November 1960 in Seskovci near Laktasi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Turneja (2008), Dara of Jasenovac (2020) and Delirijum tremens (2019).

Jasmila Zbanic was born on 19 December 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is a writer and director, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grbavica (2006) and Na putu (2010). She is married to Damir Ibrahimovic. They have one child.

Mediha Musliovic was born on 28 February 1975 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Jasmina (2010) and Twice Born (2012).